Julie Rogers

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Julie Rogers (2010)
Julie Rogers (2010)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Wedding
  DE 16 04/15/1965 (4 weeks)
  UK 3 08/19/1964 (24 weeks)
  US 10 01/02/1965 (11 weeks)
Like a child
  UK 20th December 16, 1964 (9 weeks)
  US 67 March 13, 1965 (5 weeks)
Hawaiian Wedding Song
  UK 31 March 31, 1965 (5 weeks)

Julie Rogers (* 6. April 1943 in Bermondsey , London , as Julie Rolls ) is a British singer .

Life

Rogers began her career as a singer in Teddy Foster's orchestra . In 1964 she achieved a worldwide hit with the title The Wedding , an adaptation of the Argentine song La Novia . Rogers' The Wedding was a cover version of a single released by Anita Bryant in the United States in 1961 . It is estimated that between 12 and 15 million copies of the title have been sold to date. For Germany she recorded the song under the title Glocken der Liebe in German. The song The Wedding reached number 3 in Great Britain, number 10 in the USA, and number 16 in Germany. In Great Britain, with the follow-up single Like a Child , she once again jumped into the top 20 at number 20, in the USA the song only managed Reach place 67. On both recordings she was accompanied by the Johnny Arthey Orchestra.

literature

Web links

Commons : Julie Rogers  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
  2. ↑ Columbia Catalog number 42148
  3. ^ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956–1980 . Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, p. 173
  4. ↑ Stephen Nugent, Anne Fowler, Pete Fowler: Chart Log of American / British Top 20 Hits, 1955-1974 . In: Charlie Gillett, Simon Frith (Eds.): Rock File 4 . Panther Books, Frogmore / St. Albans 1976, p. 296
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 1994, p. 507
personal data
SURNAME Rogers, Julie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Bermondsey , London , England , United Kingdom